March 17, 2020 Digital Finance Is As Important As Ever During COVID-19 History tells us that The Black Death was a catalyst in shifting Europe’s economy away from the
May 01, 2018 Bike Sharing & The Ecosystem Effect: China Versus The US Last November, The Guardian made waves with photographs chronicling the “death” of an industry. Hanging above the pictures,
February 27, 2018 To P2P, Or Not To P2P? Is That The Question? Once upon a time, person-to-person (P2P) payments were, to all intents and purposes, mobile payments. Before there was
February 13, 2018 Sesame Credit: Back Door To A Dystopian Future? Although it has been around for a few years, in the past few months Alibaba's Sesame Credit has
September 05, 2017 When Telcos and FSPs Intersect These days, and with very few exceptions, if you aren’t doing mobile then you aren’t doing
August 15, 2017 M&A Mayhem: Telling Up From Down Even though Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are a fact of life in any competitive or mature
August 08, 2017 Does Demonetisation Work? While the Indian government's dramatic and surprise demonetisation campaign garnered most of the headlines, India is not the
July 18, 2017 The Acronym Overload 'Technology-speak' has long existed outside the vernacular of the average Joe. As technology continues to wiggle into every
November 15, 2016 The Socialization of Payments Some two years ago, Mondato Insight considered the question of whether two of the world's most popular messaging
November 08, 2016 Mobile Money: Making mHealth Sustainable In the majority of mobile service use cases, fees charged to the end-user are usually a key element
October 25, 2016 Learning Lessons from Emerging Markets EdTech EdTech is one of the hottest trends in Silicon Valley. Laurene Powell Jobs, an American executive and founder
November 03, 2015 Back to the Drawing Board? A little over 12 months ago, Mondato commissioned a poll to test consumer attitudes towards Apple Pay just
October 13, 2015 Hello, Mr. Chips! Apple Pay's unveiling in the fall of last year appeared to most people in the mobile payments industry
August 04, 2015 Are Tokens The Next Big Thing? An entire new class of service providers has emerged in the mobile finance and commerce space that appears
June 17, 2015 Will Apple and Samsung Get Zapped? In the world of mobile payments, much attention of late has focused on the collision in the United
May 13, 2015 Should We Be Worried About Fraud? As discussed in last week’s Mondato Insight, trust is one of the key factors that will ultimately
March 04, 2015 MWC 2015: Same Same But Different? It is that time of the year again, when 90,000 hardy souls converge on the Spanish city
January 20, 2015 48 Hours with No Cash and No Plastic Day One It’s 5:10. I am exactly one alarm snooze behind schedule, but still should be
November 12, 2014 Mondato Summit Asia: The Highlights Find out what were the quotable quotes and the insights you missed at Mondato Summit Asia 2014. (Scroll
November 05, 2014 There was something in the air at CARTES 2014 For the best part of three decades, CARTES has been a staple of the payments industry calendar, and
October 22, 2014 Under The Hood of Apple Pay This Monday past saw the deployment in the US of Apple’s much-hyped mobile payment product, Apple Pay,
October 08, 2014 What FinTech Buyers Want Whether it is a major financial institution deciding on a multi-million dollar IT upgrade, a Mobile Network Operator
September 24, 2014 The Re-Emergence of Carrier Billing Carrier billing is an aspect of the mobile payments ecosystem most commonly associated with emerging markets. In these
August 20, 2014 Taking the Mobile Out of Mobile Money In developed economies the mobile money ecosystem looks rather different from that of emerging markets, where MNOs are